Scientists strike over second-class status

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The European Commision employs European scientists on the Joint European Torus (Jet) but British staff earn half the salary of colleagues. Physicists strike on Jun 12 1992. When the project ends in 1996 British scientists there, employed by the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), expect to be made redundant as energy research is closing in the UK. Non-British Jet staff are employed under EC contracts so are eligible to apply for EC posts as internal candidates whereas UKAEA staff are considered external applicants. External candidates must be under 35.

Compensation and benefits, Labor relations, Employment, European Union. European Commission, Scientists, Joint European Torus

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Trial haunted by images of life in the twilight zone

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Paul Bedworth, 19, was tried for computer hacking, which he admitted, the jury had to decide whether his obsession was so strong he could not plan criminal intent. He began hacking when he was 14, on his BBC microcomputer, before it was made illegal in the 1990 Computer Misuse Act. After gaining access to a computer he used it to reach others. He did not make any financial gain nor did he interfere with data. London University Professor of addictive behaviour, James Griffith-Edwards, found Bedworth lonely, vulnerable and academically gifted.

Cases, Information management, Computer crimes, Compulsive behavior, Computer hackers, Bedworth, Paul

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Report prompts resignation of ambulance boss

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Chairman of the London Ambulance Board Jim Harris resigned when the inquiry blamed management for the collapse of emergency services. In Oct 1992 the computerised dispatch system failed to send ambulances to the right place in time. The system was incomplete and had not been tested. It seemed to be the cheapest system without regard for effectiveness. Secretary of State for Health Virginia Bottomley pledged a review of accountability.

Appointments, resignations and dismissals, England, Ambulance service, Ambulance services, Ambulances, Harris, Jim

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